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Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and
the Long Term Care Hospital
Prospective Payment System and Fiscal
Year 2014 Rates; Quality Reporting
Requirements for Specific Providers;
Hospital Conditions of Participation;
Payment Policies Related to Patient
Status’’ (hereinafter referred to as the FY
2014 IPPS/LTCH PPS final rule). To
correct typographical and technical
errors in the FY 2014 IPPS/LTCH PPS
final rule, we published correcting
documents that appeared in the October
3, 2013 Federal Register (78 FR 61197)
and the January 2, 2014 Federal
Register (79 FR 61). We left out Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) part numbers
from the heading and left out the
applicability date from the DATES
section of the January 2, 2014 correcting
document. Therefore, in this correcting
document, we add the omitted CFR part
numbers and the applicability date.
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II. Summary of Errors
On page 61 of the January 2, 2014
correcting document (79 FR 61), we
inadvertently omitted some CFR part
numbers from the heading, and
inadvertently omitted the applicability
date from the DATES section.
III. Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking
and Delay of Effective Date
We ordinarily publish a notice of
proposed rulemaking in the Federal
Register to provide a period for public
comment before the provisions of a rule
take effect in accordance with section
553(b) of the Administrative Procedure
Act (APA) (5 U.S.C. 553(b)). However,
we can waive this notice and comment
procedure if the Secretary finds, for
good cause, that the notice and
comment process is impracticable,
unnecessary, or contrary to the public
interest, and incorporates a statement of
the finding and the reasons therefore in
the notice.
Section 553(d) of the APA ordinarily
requires a 30-day delay in effective date
of final rules after the date of their
publication in the Federal Register.
This 30-day delay in effective date can
be waived, however, if an agency finds
for good cause that the delay is
impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary
to the public interest, and the agency
incorporates a statement of the findings
and its reasons in the rule issued.
In our view, this correcting document
does not constitute a rulemaking that
would be subject to the APA notice and
comment or delayed effective date
requirements. This correcting document
simply adds the CFR part numbers and
the applicability date that were
inadvertently omitted and does not
make substantive changes to the policies
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or payment methodologies that were
adopted in the final rule.
In addition, even if this were a
rulemaking to which the notice and
comment procedures and delayed
effective date requirements applied, we
find that there is good cause to waive
such requirements. Undertaking further
notice and comment procedures to
incorporate the corrections in this
document into the January 2, 2014
correcting document (which corrected
the FY 2014 IPPS/LTCH final rule) or
delaying the effective date would be
contrary to the public interest, because
it is in the public’s interest for providers
to receive appropriate payments in as
timely a manner as possible.
Furthermore, such procedures would be
unnecessary, as we are not altering the
policies that were already subject to
comment and finalized in our final rule,
but rather, we are simply adding the
CFR part numbers and applicability date
that were inadvertently omitted.
Therefore, we find good cause to waive
the notice and comment and effective
date requirements.
IV. Correction of Errors
In FR Doc. 2013–31432 of January 2,
2014 (79 FR 61), make the following
corrections:
1. On page 61, in the heading, the CFR
citation ‘‘42 CFR Parts 412, 482, 485,
and 489’’ is corrected to read ‘‘42 CFR
Parts 412, 413, 414, 419, 424, 482, 485,
and 489’’.
2. On page 61, in the DATES section,
the caption and sentence, ‘‘DATES:
Effective Date: This correcting
document is effective on January 2,
2014.’’ are corrected to read as follows:
‘‘DATES: Effective Date: This correcting
document is effective January 2, 2014.
Applicability Date: This correcting
document is applicable on January 1,
2014.’’
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program No. 93.773, Medicare—Hospital
Insurance; and Program No. 93.774,
Medicare—Supplementary Medical
Insurance Program)
Dated: January 7, 2014.
Jennifer Cannistra,
Executive Secretary to the Department,
Department of Health and Human Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
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42 CFR Parts 413 and 424
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Medicare Program; Prospective
Payment System and Consolidated
Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for
FY 2014; Correction
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
AGENCY:
This document corrects
technical errors in the correcting
document that appeared in the January
2, 2014 Federal Register entitled
‘‘Medicare Program; Prospective
Payment System and Consolidated
Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for
FY 2014; Correction.’’
DATES: Effective Date: This correcting
document is effective January 8, 2014.
Applicability Date: This correcting
document is applicable to skilled
nursing facility services furnished on or
after January 1, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Kane, (410) 786–0557.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Background
In the August 6, 2013 Federal
Register (78 FR 47936), we published a
final rule entitled ‘‘Medicare Program;
Prospective Payment System and
Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing
Facilities for FY 2014’’ (hereinafter
referred to as the FY 2014 SNF PPS final
rule). To correct typographical and
technical errors in the FY 2014 SNF PPS
final rule, we published correcting
documents that appeared in the October
3, 2013 Federal Register (78 FR 61202)
and the January 2, 2014 Federal
Register (79 FR 63). We left out the
applicability date from the DATES
section of the January 2, 2014 correcting
document; therefore, in this correcting
document, we add the applicability
date.
II. Summary of Errors
On page 63 of the January 2, 2014
correcting document (79 FR 63), we
inadvertently omitted the applicability
date from the DATES section.
III. Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking
and Delay of Effective Date
We ordinarily publish a notice of
proposed rulemaking in the Federal
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Register to provide a period for public
comment before the provisions of a rule
take effect in accordance with section
553(b) of the Administrative Procedure
Act (APA) (5 U.S.C. 553(b)). However,
we can waive this notice and comment
procedure if the Secretary finds, for
good cause, that the notice and
comment process is impracticable,
unnecessary, or contrary to the public
interest, and incorporates a statement of
the finding and the reasons therefor in
the notice.
Section 553(d) of the APA ordinarily
requires a 30-day delay in effective date
of final rules after the date of their
publication in the Federal Register.
This 30-day delay in effective date can
be waived, however, if an agency finds
for good cause that the delay is
impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary
to the public interest, and the agency
incorporates a statement of the findings
and its reasons in the rule issued.
In our view, this correcting document
does not constitute a rule that would be
subject to the APA notice and comment
or delayed effective date requirements.
This correcting document simply adds
the applicability date that was
inadvertently omitted and does not
make substantive changes to the policies
or payment methodologies that were
adopted in the final rule.
In addition, even if this correcting
document were a rule to which the
notice and comment procedures and
delayed effective date requirements
applied, we find that there is good cause
to waive such requirements.
Undertaking further notice and
comment procedures to incorporate the
correction in this document into the
January 2, 2014 correcting document
(which corrected the FY 2014 SNF PPS
final rule) or delaying the effective date
would be contrary to the public interest,
because it is in the public’s interest for
providers to receive appropriate SNF
PPS payments in as timely a manner as
possible. Furthermore, such procedures
would be unnecessary, as we are not
altering our payment methodologies or
policies, but rather, are simply adding
the applicability date that was
inadvertently omitted. Therefore, we
find good cause to waive notice and
comment procedures, as well as the 30day delay in effective date.
IV. Correction of Errors
In FR Doc. 2013–31435 of January 2,
2014 (79 FR 63), make the following
corrections:
1. On page 63, in the DATES section,
the caption and sentence, ‘‘DATES:
Effective Date: This correction is
effective January 2, 2014.’’ are corrected
to read as follows:
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Effective Date: This correcting
document is effective January 2, 2014.
Applicability Date: This correcting
document is applicable to skilled
nursing facility services furnished on or
after January 1, 2014.’’
DATES:
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program No. 93.773, Medicare—Hospital
Insurance; and Program No. 93.774,
Medicare—Supplementary Medical
Insurance Program)
Dated: January 6, 2014.
Jennifer Cannistra,
Executive Secretary to the Department,
Department of Health and Human Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
49 CFR Part 214
[Docket No. FRA–2008–0059, Notice No. 8]
RIN 2130–AC37
Railroad Workplace Safety; AdjacentTrack On-Track Safety for Roadway
Workers
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Final rule; response to petitions
for reconsideration.
AGENCY:
This final rule responds to
two petitions for reconsideration of
FRA’s final rule published November
30, 2011, which would have amended
the existing regulations governing the
on-track safety protections of roadway
workers from the movement of trains or
other on-track equipment on an adjacent
controlled track, but which has not
taken effect. In response to the petitions
for reconsideration, FRA delayed the
effective date of the November 30, 2011,
final rule until July 1, 2013
(subsequently delayed until July 1,
2014), and requested comments on the
petitions. This document further
responds to the petitions, addresses the
comments on the petitions, and amends
and clarifies certain sections of the
November 30, 2011, final rule.
DATES: The amendments in this final
rule are effective on July 1, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kenneth Rusk, Staff Director, Track
Division, Office of Safety Assurance and
Compliance, FRA, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., RRS–15, Mail Stop 25,
Washington, DC 20590 (202) 493–6236;
or Joseph E. Riley, Track Specialist,
Track Division, Office of Safety
SUMMARY:
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Assurance and Compliance, FRA, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., RRS–15, Mail
Stop 25, Washington, DC 20590 (202)
493–6357; or Joseph St. Peter, Trial
Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, FRA,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., RRS–10,
Mail Stop 10, Washington, DC 20590
(202) 493–6052.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Executive Summary
On November 30, 2011, FRA
published a final rule (Final Rule)
governing the on-track safety
protections of roadway workers from
train movements on adjacent controlled
tracks. 76 FR 74586. The Final Rule
requires that railroads adopt specified
on-track safety procedures to protect
certain roadway work groups from the
movement of trains or other on-track
equipment on an adjacent controlled
track. These on-track safety procedures
are required for each adjacent controlled
track when a roadway work group with
at least one of the roadway workers on
the ground is engaged in a common task
with on-track, self-propelled equipment
or coupled equipment on an occupied
track. An adjacent controlled track is a
controlled track whose track center is
spaced 19 feet or less from the track
center of an occupied track.
After publication of the Final Rule,
FRA received two petitions for
reconsideration (Petitions) of certain of
the Final Rule’s requirements. The
requests made in the Petitions are
described in detail below. In response to
the Petitions, FRA is modifying the
Final Rule (Final Rule Amendments;
Amendments) to do the following: (1)
Expand the definition of ‘‘minor
correction’’ to include welding and
certain uses of any handheld power
tools; (2) increase the maximum
authorized speed at which passenger
trains may move on an adjacent
controlled track to 40 mph while
roadway workers continue their onground work on the occupied track; (3)
delete the requirement that a noncontrolled track whose track center is
spaced 19 feet or less from the occupied
track be treated as an adjacent
controlled track; (4) exempt rail-bound
vehicles (on-track vehicles not equipped
with highway wheels) used for
conducting inspections or performing
minor correction work (including
welding) while applying the same
limitations that apply to hi-rail vehicles;
(5) and expand the exception pertaining
to repairs performed alongside the
roadway work machine or equipment to
include work within the perimeter of
the machine or equipment. FRA
previously delayed the effective date of
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
42 CFR Parts 413 and 424
[CMS-1446-CN3]
RIN 0938-AR65
Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated
Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2014; Correction
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: This document corrects technical errors in the correcting
document that appeared in the January 2, 2014 Federal Register entitled
``Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing
for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2014; Correction.''
DATES: Effective Date: This correcting document is effective January 8,
2014.
Applicability Date: This correcting document is applicable to
skilled nursing facility services furnished on or after January 1,
2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Kane, (410) 786-0557.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
In the August 6, 2013 Federal Register (78 FR 47936), we published
a final rule entitled ``Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System
and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2014''
(hereinafter referred to as the FY 2014 SNF PPS final rule). To correct
typographical and technical errors in the FY 2014 SNF PPS final rule,
we published correcting documents that appeared in the October 3, 2013
Federal Register (78 FR 61202) and the January 2, 2014 Federal Register
(79 FR 63). We left out the applicability date from the DATES section
of the January 2, 2014 correcting document; therefore, in this
correcting document, we add the applicability date.
II. Summary of Errors
On page 63 of the January 2, 2014 correcting document (79 FR 63),
we inadvertently omitted the applicability date from the DATES section.
III. Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking and Delay of Effective Date
We ordinarily publish a notice of proposed rulemaking in the
Federal
[[Page 1743]]
Register to provide a period for public comment before the provisions
of a rule take effect in accordance with section 553(b) of the
Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5 U.S.C. 553(b)). However, we can
waive this notice and comment procedure if the Secretary finds, for
good cause, that the notice and comment process is impracticable,
unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest, and incorporates a
statement of the finding and the reasons therefor in the notice.
Section 553(d) of the APA ordinarily requires a 30-day delay in
effective date of final rules after the date of their publication in
the Federal Register. This 30-day delay in effective date can be
waived, however, if an agency finds for good cause that the delay is
impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest, and the
agency incorporates a statement of the findings and its reasons in the
rule issued.
In our view, this correcting document does not constitute a rule
that would be subject to the APA notice and comment or delayed
effective date requirements. This correcting document simply adds the
applicability date that was inadvertently omitted and does not make
substantive changes to the policies or payment methodologies that were
adopted in the final rule.
In addition, even if this correcting document were a rule to which
the notice and comment procedures and delayed effective date
requirements applied, we find that there is good cause to waive such
requirements. Undertaking further notice and comment procedures to
incorporate the correction in this document into the January 2, 2014
correcting document (which corrected the FY 2014 SNF PPS final rule) or
delaying the effective date would be contrary to the public interest,
because it is in the public's interest for providers to receive
appropriate SNF PPS payments in as timely a manner as possible.
Furthermore, such procedures would be unnecessary, as we are not
altering our payment methodologies or policies, but rather, are simply
adding the applicability date that was inadvertently omitted.
Therefore, we find good cause to waive notice and comment procedures,
as well as the 30-day delay in effective date.
IV. Correction of Errors
In FR Doc. 2013-31435 of January 2, 2014 (79 FR 63), make the
following corrections:
1. On page 63, in the DATES section, the caption and sentence,
``DATES: Effective Date: This correction is effective January 2,
2014.'' are corrected to read as follows:
DATES: Effective Date: This correcting document is effective January 2,
2014.
Applicability Date: This correcting document is applicable to
skilled nursing facility services furnished on or after January 1,
2014.''
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 93.773,
Medicare--Hospital Insurance; and Program No. 93.774, Medicare--
Supplementary Medical Insurance Program)
Dated: January 6, 2014.
Jennifer Cannistra,
Executive Secretary to the Department, Department of Health and Human
Services.
[FR Doc. 2014-00277 Filed 1-8-14; 4:15 pm]
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